(16014) Sinha Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 February 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Naveen Neil Sinha (b. 1985) was named a finalist in the 2003 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors, for his physics project. He attends the Los Alamos High School, Los Alamos, New Mexico.Naming citation (20030216/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Sinha is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Sinha is 2.90 au from the Sun and 2.12 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 16014 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 CB47 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.21 km (#12,235 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.274 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.28 |
| Orbital period | 4.82 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.86 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.77 – 2.94 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0291 |
| Inclination | 3.46° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.78 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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